In recent decades, the issues of federalism and political integration have gained prominence in public debate as well … as in the academic realm. A frequently made point is that allowing free secession may protect the minority’s interests … unattractive for the minority region. In contrast, limiting the secession possibilities by requiring the consent of a majority of …

This paper looks at the economic impact of secession through the lens of the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia … there has been no favourable economic impact of secession and that how secession was achieved is key in understanding the … subsequent economic performance of the newly independent countries. In cases of secession without conflict, independence did not …

is uncertain about the costs of secession for her community. This paper shows that this uncertainty is a central cause of … secession, using a model which incorporates both policies to appease secessionist aspirations and informational asymmetries. In … than the minority leader, signaling incentives make secession the unique equilibrium outcome, whether mutually advantageous …

determining the likelihood of secession and unification. We provide empirical support for choosing genetic distances as a proxy of … the regions prone to secession and the countries that are more likely to merge. Our framework is further applied to …

We analyze how secession movements unfold and the interdependence of regions' decisions to secede. We first model and … then empirically examine how secessions can occur sequentially because the costs of secession decrease with the number of … these "domino secessions" using the canonical case of the secession of southern U.S. states in the 1860s. We establish that …

determining a region's propensity to secede. Removing identity differences reduces the average support for secession from 7.5% to …